well, most of this owes to this (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7169.0) topic. download the zip and extract it, then open the readme. follow the instructions. this program will also backup the cw2 directory to the folder it is run in. (used some of the script from thepenguins script, here (http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=7260.0).)
ok, whatever. it wasn't needed enough, and got some false positives on a virus scanner. just to simplify, i used the del (directory of the cw2 folder in %appdata%)/*.dat /Q /S. and before that i backed it up by putting thepeguins script with a modified end result. i don't see what happened, but whatever.
I removed the attachment as per discussion with Virgil. Feel free to post source- or human-readable only. -G.
I'd prefer if folks don't post exe's to the forum. I'm sure this one is fine, but folks can accidentally have virus infected exes (they may not even know it) and pass it along here. Scripts are borderline... but at least people can see what the script will do before they run it. If you want to post the source for the exe (just not the exe itself) that is cool as well.
I don't want to squash creativity or interest in utilities like this, I just don't want an accidental issue to arise because I didn't do anything to stop it.
ok i'll try and convert it back to a .bat file or something.
.bat files = more dangerous than a virus :)
so what should i do?
While a .bat file can be dangerous, it is possible to visually inspect the file in an editor. That should give an experienced user some opportunity to establish what the file will do. For an inexperienced user, they can either post the source or try and Google th eindividual statements.
Quote from: MadMag on June 23, 2011, 03:04:10 PM
.bat files = more dangerous than a virus :)
.bat file can be used to delete system32
Quote from: The Commander on June 23, 2011, 06:54:46 PM
Quote from: MadMag on June 23, 2011, 03:04:10 PM
.bat files = more dangerous than a virus :)
.bat file can be used to delete system32
So can a .exe file. That's not the issue here.
Quote from: Grauniad on June 23, 2011, 10:15:50 PM
Quote from: The Commander on June 23, 2011, 06:54:46 PM
Quote from: MadMag on June 23, 2011, 03:04:10 PM
.bat files = more dangerous than a virus :)
.bat file can be used to delete system32
So can a .exe file. That's not the issue here.
Good point. Subject Dropped
Not to burst your bubble but look at these virus scans.
1 - Jotti (http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/03b336eb587576401a928cbf278ee25a8eba159a) 5 out of 20 scanners reported malware.
2 - Virscan (http://www.virscan.org/report/fcb5554f852b15d0b609da89aae1abdc.html) 16% Scanner(s) (6/37) found malware!
3 - VirusTotal (http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=18581329d5b5547ab0227251a2ef645c6c02b97acd41872389b258c63e2937ba-1308893937) Result: 10/ 41 (24.4%)
Can post more scans if needed.
Quote from: DarthVader12 on June 24, 2011, 01:53:40 AM
Not to burst your bubble but look at these virus scans.
1 - Jotti (http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/03b336eb587576401a928cbf278ee25a8eba159a) 5 out of 20 scanners reported malware.
2 - Virscan (http://www.virscan.org/report/fcb5554f852b15d0b609da89aae1abdc.html) 16% Scanner(s) (6/37) found malware!
3 - VirusTotal (http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=18581329d5b5547ab0227251a2ef645c6c02b97acd41872389b258c63e2937ba-1308893937) Result: 10/ 41 (24.4%)
Virus Alert
Can post more scans if needed.
Only problem is the only virus scanner on there that was even remotely good was AVG. All the others are crap, and did I see win32!? Isn't that the system files!?
Please don't bash antivirus programs.
Hey I'm just saying I don't like the other ones and some of the...erm... Directories or what ever there called looked kinda reiduculos, like you ha the virus and not the .exe
You can never trust anti-virus, it just looks for the patterns of what a virus uses and then decides if it's unsafe or not. Either you trust the source, or you check the source.
Part of my point Echo
False positives (http://www.google.com/search?q=virus+false+positives)
Hey my System 32 got deleated on an old computer do you guys have any idea how to fix it?
Quote from: Hunter22222 on June 24, 2011, 10:05:48 AM
Hey my System 32 got deleated on an old computer do you guys have any idea how to fix it?
Start a new thread in random discussion. This is the gameplay board.
ok sorry
I edited the virus alert out.
I think there are false positives but when 21/98 virus scanners detect viruses. (22%) ???
This program is not for the average CW player.
All controversy of the virus would be gone if you post and include the source of the program in the zip.
ok i will find that then